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  The Great Depression - The...

  History Retold

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  This comprehensive book dives deep into the history and events that lead to the Great Depression of the 1930s, and its lasting impact on society and culture. 
  The Great Depression was a period of unprecedented economic struggle, beginning with the stock market collapse of 1929. As the economy plummeted, so did the lives and livelihoods of millions of Americans, who were left jobless and destitute. The New Deal, a series of public works programs, was passed to help stimulate the economy and reduce unemployment. 
  In this book, you will gain an understanding of the economic downturn of the 1930s, and learn the human stories of those impacted by the crisis. You will read about famous authors and books of the period, their lives and struggles, and the messages they left behind. 
    
  You will also gain insight into the long-term consequences of the Great Depression, and how its legacy has shaped the world today. 
  This book is an invaluable source of information for anyone interested in economic history and its connections to society and culture. It is a must-have for anyone interested in understanding the Great Depression 
  Don't wait - order your copy of "The Great Depression: The Causes of the 1930s Economic Crisis, and the Consequences on Society and Culture" today! And gain a deeper understanding of the events that lead to the Great Depression and its lasting impact.

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  The Journey's End - An...

  Michael Doring Connelly

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  In the tradition of Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal, this compassionate work helps individuals develop a more accepting view of dying while teaching them what to expect and how to navigate the healthcare system at the end of life. 
    
  In elderhood, the health care system has a narrow view of how to provide care. It focuses on extending a patient's life at all costs, with an over-reliance on machines and procedures, instead of caring holistically for the person. Accordingly, many of us will likely spend our final weeks in long-term care facilities or an ICU. 
    
  Dying at home, peacefully, and surrounded by family is almost impossible in our world—and our fear of death is a major contributor to this impossibility. Fittingly, the central idea of this book is that in old age, or when facing a terminal diagnosis, it is more important to understand your life rather than to extend it. While this may seem simple, its implications are profound. 
    
  A natural death means accepting that, at some point, we are old enough or sick enough to die. In our cynical and overly clinical age, it is difficult to reflect on the meaning of one's life, but that kind of honest introspection is exactly what we need. Accordingly, The Journey’s End seeks to help people manage their healthcare, their expectations, and their decisions in the final phase of life.

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  Eþandun - Alfred's Epic Struggle...

  Anônimo

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  The year is 878.  Young King Alfred struggles to regain his West Saxon kingdom from the invading pagan Danes led by Gormr (aka Guthrum, aka Godrum).   His kingdom overrun, Alfred joins Gormr's court disguised as a Welsh gleeman.  Gormr consults Alfred as a counselor and wizard, but resists Alfred's attempts to convert him.   Meanwhile Alfred learns that his lady and their children are Gormr's prisoners.  Escaping to the western fens, he leads a small army against the Danes.   The rest is history.  This is an epic poem set in the Old English culture of Christian warriors, i.e., Romanized Germanic former pagans, contending with contemporary Scandinavian Germanic pagans.  The great epic poet Frederick Turner (author of The New World, Genesis, and Apocalypse) called Eþandun "The real Game of Thrones."   Listen to actor-poet-producer Kyle Derek's heroic rendition of this book-length poem!

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  Unpunctured Being The: Vedic...

  Ragini Annan

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  The Unpunctured Being: Vedic Wisdom for Sovereignty in Life is a transformative memoir that unveils the journey from the entanglements of modern living to attaining self-empowerment and sovereignty. It chronicles the author's experiences of being ensnared by progressive culture for decades, only to realise the toll it took on her inner well-being. In a moment of inspiration, with all aspects of her life in disarray, she turned to the timeless wisdom of the Vedic culture. Through embracing the Vedic lifestyle, she found her fragmented life coming together, enabling her to live with empowerment and experience the fulfilment that comes from sovereignty. 
  This poignant and relevant book delves into each segment of the Wheel of Life—personal growth, love and relationships, health, physical environment, wealth and finance, fun and recreation, friends and family, and education and career—and compares the contemporary cultural approach to the timeless Vedic teachings. By doing so, it empowers readers to consciously address disempowerment and take full control of their lives.

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  Innovations of World War I The:...

  Charles River Editors

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  World War I, also known in its time as the “Great War” or the “War to End all Wars”, was an unprecedented holocaust in terms of its sheer scale. Fought by men who hailed from all corners of the globe, it saw millions of soldiers do battle in brutal assaults of attrition which dragged on for months with little to no respite. Tens of millions of artillery shells and untold hundreds of millions of rifle and machine gun bullets were fired in a conflict that demonstrated man’s capacity to kill each other on a heretofore unprecedented scale. 
  	Since the industrial revolution, arms and materiel output had increased by orders of magnitude, as had the quality and uniformity of the products. Several developments had already taken place in the years building up to the conflict, stepping stones towards the vast escalation in military innovation which took place immediately prior to and during World War I. Innovations included the adoption into service of the first belt-fed machine guns, predecessors of those which would wreak such slaughter in the trenches, and the development of cannon which did not roll backwards after each shot as 19th century pieces did, but remained fixed in place.  
  	The arms race before the war and the attempt to break the deadlock of the Western and Eastern Fronts by any means possible changed the face of battle in ways that would have previously been deemed unthinkable. Before 1914, flying machines were objects of public curiosity; the first flights of any account on rotor aircraft had been made less than 5 years before and were considered to be the province of daredevils and lunatics. By 1918, all the great powers were fielding squadrons of fighting aircraft armed with machine-guns and bombs, to say nothing of light reconnaissance planes. Tanks, a common feature on the battlefield by 1918, had not previously existed outside of the realm of science fiction stories written by authors like H.G. Wells.

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  Ecclesiastes - The World English...

  Various Authors

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  Ecclesiastes is one of the Ketuvim ("Writings") of the Hebrew Bible and one of the "Wisdom" books of the Christian Old Testament. The title commonly used in English is a Latin transliteration of the Greek translation of the Hebrew word קֹהֶלֶת (Kohelet, Koheleth, Qoheleth or Qohelet). An unnamed author introduces "The words of Kohelet, son of David, king in Jerusalem" (1:1) and does not use his own voice again until the final verses (12:9-14), where he gives his own thoughts and summarises the statements of Kohelet; the main body of the text is ascribed to Kohelet himself.

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